Travelogues Tanzania

Travel reports about vacations in Tanzania

Our Tanzania travelogues are extended travel stories about off the beaten track vacations in Tanzania. There are 3 travel reports from holidays in Tanzania. These travel journals are illustrated with 84 photos. Each travelogue has a separate page with independent travel information about Tanzania.

Nights are noisy in the Serengeti: lions, zebras, hyenas and monkeys. Most animals in Ngorongoro never leave the crater. In Mto Wa Mbu, meetings are held over a banana beer. A Masai village turns out to be built for tourists. Zanzibar is the home of many household spices. Looking for dolphins in little boats. 26 photos.Touring Tanzania and Zanzibar travel information

Beginning at the Machame Gate (1,800 m) in Kilimanjaro National Park the hikers cross tropical rainforest to Machame Camp at 3,000 m. Through moorland on to Shira Camp at 3,800 m, with a view of the peak of Mt.Meru. Hiking to Lava Tower at 4,600 and then back to Baranco Camp at 3,900 m to acclimatise. Via Breakfast Wall and through a valley with lobelias to Barafu Base Camp at 4,600 m for the climb over glaciers to Uhuru peak at 5,895 m. Descending goes via Mweka Camp to Mweka Gate, where a Kilimanjaro beer is waiting. 35 photos.Kilimanjaro Trekking Machame-route travel information

Via the Marangu route, the lightest and most popular (a.k.a. the Coca Cola route), to the top of Kilimanjaro. Through tropical rainforest to the Mandarahut, through a Jurrassic Park landscape to the Horombohut, through a desolate alpine desert higher up to the Kibohut and from Gilman's Point over the edge of the crater to the ice cap of the 5895 meter Uhuru Peak. 23 photos.Kilimanjaro Trekking Marangu Route travel information

Travel story & photos: Peter van Boheemen

Book your holiday in Tanzania online

Via online reservation systems like À la Carte Vacations you can book airline tickets, hotels, rental cars and holiday houses. You can build a fly-drive itinerary with maximum flexibility, book a flight plus a hotel hotel for a night or weekend. Prices for hotels and car rental is usually much lower then what you pay at a travel store or at the location.